A pickpocket was held and another escaped, who was his associate from Bone and Joint hospital in Jammu city on Monday afternoon (April 8).
The burglar was a minor boy who was caught by the medical facility’s staff inside the hospital premises in Bone and Joint Hospital at Bakshi Nagar with a blade and a pack of cigarettes.
The hospital staff has said that he was under the influence of drugs when he was nabbed pickpocketing.
After frisking the teenager burglar, the police recovered Rs 9000 from his possession.
The Jammu police has taken him to Bakshi Nagar police station.
Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim’s pocket without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A thief who works in this manner is known as a pickpocket.
Pickpockets and other thieves, especially those working in teams, sometimes apply distraction, such as asking a question or bumping into the victim. These distractions sometimes require sleight of hand, speed, misdirection and other types of skills.
Pickpockets may be found in any crowded place around the world. However, Barcelona and Rome have been noted as being particularly dangerous pickpocket havens. Thieves have been known to operate in high traffic areas such as mass transit stations, even boarding subway trains so they can use the distractions of crowds and sudden stop-and-go movements from the train to steal from others. As soon as the thieves have what they want, they simply get off at the next stop leaving the victim unable to figure out who robbed them and when.
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